G'Day Paul,

-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to Frank Adam <=-

 PE> Bob Stout is a dickhead.  Is he still going "void main" or has
 PE> he finally figured out how to write a "hello world" program in
 PE> C?  He's the last of the great Borland Fan Bum Chums.
That was Herbert Schildt methinks..:)
Must say i haven't seen that one from him,and lately he's been bagging 
Borland and pushing Watcom and somewhat MSC more.
I don't agree with some of the things he says,but while i'm not really 
qualified to make a judgement on his knowledge, he does seem to have a good 
understanding of the C language.
 
 FA> It is supposedly entirely ANSI.Whether it's slower ,faster is another 
 FA> thing.
 FA> But it gives full control over word processor type inputs.

 PE> Which presumably means it isn't portable to systems that can't
 PE> do more than line-buffering of stdin.  E.g. a 3270 terminal
 PE> won't send a message to the host until you press enter (or a
 PE> function key or a couple of other keys).  Pressing the letter
 PE> 'A' will never send a message to the MVS host.  BFN.  Paul.
Lost me there completely :) But i suppose it would be dos specific, like my 
post.                       


  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au)


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